30,000 Pledges to e. AK Total $5,23 , 664
Solicitation Continues; Berry
Urges Further Contributions
2—THE JEWISH NEWS
Friday, July 8, 1949
Two Canadian Jews
Remain in Parliament
With the total number of pledges to date at the 30,000
mark, the number of individuals who have made contributions
to the 1949 Allied Jewish Campaign are just a few hundred
short of last year's record total of 30,734.
The Trade and Professional group is leading in the num-
ber of pledges with 13,304, while the Women's Division has
reached 12,785, and the Juniors
have passed 4,000. The Organiza-
tions Division, with nearly 200
pledges, completes the group.
"The men, women and young
people who have made contribu-
tions to this year's campaign
have done more than give money
for our major philanthropic
causes," Lou Berry, Champaign
Chairman, said, "They have
identified themselves with the
primary drives in Jewish life
and have demonstrated their
own good citizenship as mem-
bers of the Detroit Jewish Com-
munity."
Top division among the Trades
and Professions is the Mer-
cantile Division, whose chair-
man, Samuel H,Rubiner, has re-
ported a total of 3,074. The sec-
ond largest division is the Pro-
fessional, led by Jason L. Honig-
man with 2,161.
Othe
r
divisions, in the order
of the number of pledges, are:
Food, Paul Zuckerman, chair-
man, 1,968; Real Estate and
Building, George D. Seyburn and
Barney Smith, 1,744; Mechanical
• Trades,. Milton K. Mahler, 1,478;
• Services, John Isaacs, 1,324; Arts
and Crafts, Paul P. Border, 817.
With workers in all divisions
still covering slips, it is expect-
ed that, when the final results
are in for this year's campaign,
the number of people pledging
will set a new record. To date
the amount: raised, $5,238,664,
represents the second " largest
amount raised by the Jewish
community Of Detroit.
We cannot afford to relax our
efforts," Berry said, "until every
potential contributor has made
a pledge. The Jews of Israel need
every possible dollar to help
fight the economic blockade the
Arabs seek to erect. The DPs
need our contributions for the
passage to new homes. Our local
services need our support for
old age care, recreation and
Jewish education."
Berry urged anyone who has
not yet made his pledge to send
his contribution to the Allied
Jewish Campaign headquarters,
250 W. Lafayette, or call WO.
5-3939 to have a solicitor pick
up the pledge.
Purely Commentary
By PH ILIP SLOMOV1TZ
President Truman and Israel
If President Truman has read Freda Kirchwey's article, "Fail-
ure at Lausanne," in the Nation, Israel's cause will have been
helped considerably. The Nation's editor, after prolonged study
of the situation. in the Jewish state and at Lake Success, and
upon evaluating reports from Washington and Lausanne, reaches
a conclusion that Mark F. Ethridge, former U. S.- representative
on the UN Conciliation Commission, "represented State Depart-
ment rather than UN views," and that if Mr.
Truman accepts his opinions "he will be led into
a series of blunders which can benefit neither
the countries of the Middle East nor the United
States." Miss Kirchwey confirms this Commen-
tator's opinion that Mr. Ethridge has not been
friendly to Israel. She. maintains that "what-
ever may be his virtues as a liberal and a news-
paper publisher, he failed in Lausanne, as pre-
viously in Greece, to grasp the essentials of his
job."
We are warned by the Nation's able writer
that if Mr. Truman has swallowed the Ethridge-
Rusk version of recent events, "We may expect
delay and unrest in the Middle East, and a pos-
Mr. Truman
sible renewal of the war by the Arabs. For Israel
will not yield to State Department pressure on the major points
at issue—refugees, boundaries, and Jerusalem." Miss Kirchwey
points out that Israel's offerk to receive 230,000 Arab refugees,
"together with the government's long-standing promise to com-
pensate displaced Arabs for their lands and other property, can
be brushed off as "no concession' only by people who are looking
for ways to penalize the Jewish state for defeating its invaders."
On the question of Jerusalem, Miss Kirchwey shows that
neither Jews nor Arabs want over-all UN control; that the Israel
formula for a UN commission for the holy places, leaving the civil
administration to Arabs and Jews respectively in their areas,
offers the basis for a working compromise; that the intervening
Vatican has been offered a chance to send an investigating com-
mission into Jerusalem to• ascertain guilt for damage to Catholic
holy places; that Protestants should have a say in the matter.
The willingness of Israel to repatriate Catholic churches in Pales-
tine for war damages, expressed after the publication of Miss
Kirchwey's article, ought to provide a solution for the Jerusalem
problem, unless the desire to punish Israel for her successess is
stronger than an ordinary sense of justice.
On the question of boundaries, Miss Kirchwey states:
"Washington seems to believe that the Israelis should give
up a piece of land for every piece. occupied by them in excess
of the area allotted under the 1947 resolution. This is a view
that has only the emptiest logic to recommend it. The tenta-
tive boundary lines laid out in the partition plan presumed an
independent Arab state to which non-Jewish areas were allotted.
The invasion of Palestine wiped out the possibility of creating
such a state, along with the validity of the partition boundaries.
. The attitude, adopted in Washington simply means that a double
standard is in effect: Israel, which conformed to the terms of
the resolution of November 29 and was the victim of Arab
aggression, is to be denied territory which it won in repelling
that aggression, while the aggressors are to be given territory as
a reward for violating. the resolution. Is President Truman pre-
pared to take responsibility for a policy based on the doctrine?"
The answer to the latter question must come soon, if the
Arab refugee problem is to be solved peacefully—in the best in-
terests of the homeless refugees rather than the politicians in Cairo,
Lausanne and Jerusalem—and if war is to be averted. Up to this
point, President. Truman's decisive acts have been coincided with
a policy of justice and friendship to Israel. Now, Israel's friends
are awaiting his decision in a final act which means a great deal
to the U.S., the UN and the peace of the Middle East—possibly
the world. We are inclined to be confident that sound policis of
President Truman and Dr. Ralph Bunche will prevail and that
the State Department's anti - Israeli elements again will be ignored
in the act of effecting peace between Arabs and Jews.
Christian
Detroiter Praises
Hadassah Activities in Israei
Enthused by the eagerness, guide the Detroit Christian
earnestness and enthusiasm of I.Chrough the Hadassah hospitals.
the builders of the Jewish state Dr. Adler informed Dr. Wad-
of Israel, Dr. J. E. G. Wadding- dington that he was acquainted
ton of 3818 Northwestern Ave., with him through his book ;
just back from a tour of the "Physical Therapy — Theoretical
Middle East, spoke with particu- and Practical."
lar admiration for the work of Worried About 'Overloading'
the Hadassah Hospital and al-
"While I was impressed by
lied social services in Jerusalem. the earnestness and self-reli-
Dr. Waddington, who special-
of the Israelis, I am con-
izes in physical therapy, had ance
about one thing: the
difficulty reaching his destina- cerned
of the country with
tion in Israel for lack of trans- overloading
portation from Cairo. He had to immigrants," Dr. Waddington
go to Athens and from there said. can't see how a small
and a new country, without jobs,
took a plane to Lydda.
with no housing facilities, with
In Tel Aviv, he conferred with limited food, can possibly absorb
Dr. Nahum Bogrochow (who two so many people. But I am sure
years ago visited with the Hey- Israeli leaders know what they
mans in Detroit) at the Hadas- are doing. There is no inferior-
sah Hospital, and attended a ity complex there."
session of the Knesset. During
The Detroiter said that he
his visit at the Parliament meet-
ing, there was a discussion continues to live under the spell
whether immigrants are to be of Hadassah's great work. Be
admitted if they arrive on the spoke with special glee about
Sabbath and the vote was in the the activities of Hadassah's
great work. He spoke of activities
affirmative.
of Hadassah's Brandeis Vocation-
Preventive Medicine Programs
"I was especially impressed al Center where 200 children are
with the Hadassah preventive cared for in a communal nurs-
medicine program," Dr. Wad- ery, youngsters of 12 and 13 pro-
dington said. "It makes so viding the prepared meals which
much out of so little. It is are listed on blackboards for an
marked by cooperative efforts entire week. "Whenever I came
on the part of doctors and in there the youngsters cheer-
nurses and_ all work enthusi- fully greeted me with Shalom,
astically and selflessly for the Shalom, Shalom," he said. He
common good. On the whole, I praised the work of the director
found a spirit of self-reliance of this Center, Mrs. Sari Berger.
which arouses admiration. There He was asked to convey mes-
is no shiftlessness among the sage of greetings to Mrs. Jo-
seph H. Ehrlich, Rabbi Adler,
Jews in Israel.".
Dr. Waddington met with and a Mrs. Estelle Passman
Prof. Saul Adler, one of the Epstein whom he has been Un-
world's outstanding authorities able to reach.
In 'Jerusalem, Dr. Waddington
in tropical diseases, a cousin of
Rabbi Morris Adler of Detroit. attended Sabbath services in
Prof. Adler arranged for Dr. Yeshurun Synagogue, opposite
Emil Adler .(no relation) to the Jewish Agency Building.
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DAVID CROLL
MONTREAL, (JTA) — David
Croll of Toronto and Maurice
Hartt, of Montreal, were reelect-
ed to the Canadian Parliament
on the Liberal . Party ticket,
which swept the country. Adrien
Arcand, of Quebec, an anti-Sem-
ite who sought a seat in Parlia-
ment, was defeated. With the
reelection of Croll and Hartt,
the number of Jewish members
of Parliament remains unchang-
ed.
Rabbi Lazaron Resigns
Baltimore Pulpit After
Judaism Council Dispute
Rabbi Morris Lazaron, one of
the national leaders of the I
American Council for Judaism,
has resigned as Rabbi Emeritus I
of the Hebrew Congregation of
Baltimore, following a heated
dispute over his anti-Zionist ut-
terances, according to authori-
tative reports.
The resignation was precipi-
tated by a conflict -which began
last Rosh Hashanah, when the
synagogue's board . of : directors
requested Rabbi Lazaron • to
avoid attacking Zionists or
Zionism in his sermons. It is
reported that Rabbi Lazaron re-
fused to heed the request, and
since then the board of direc-
tors has been meeting repeat-
edly to deal with the matter.
While only 10 percent of the
congregation are Zionists, a
large majority voiced strong op-
position to Rabbi Lazaron's anti-
Zionist speeches and his activi-
ties in behalf of the Council for
Judaism. He' has been a . rabbi
of the congregation for 30 years.
The hoard voted to reduce
Rabbi Lazaron's salary to one-
third the sum he had received
as Emeritus. As a result of the
decision Rabbi Lazaron resigned.
According to reports, the opposi-
tion to Rabbi Lazaron crystal-
lized with the establishment of
the Jewish State and it was felt
that attacks upon Zionism were
gratuitous and could readily
prove harmful to Israel.
Between You and Me
By BORIS SMOLAR
(Copyright 1949, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Diplomatic Notes
A mysterious communication sent out by the State Depart-
ment to American diplomatic representatives in the Middle East
is causing much apprehension among Zionist leaders in the
United States . . . And, of course, also to the Government of Is-
rael . . . So confidential was the nature of the communication
that the diplomats were instructed to destroy it after becoming
acquainted With its contents . . One outsider who read it gained
the impression that the U. S. Government is giving indirect en-
couragement to the Arabs to renew their war against Israel . .
The State Department seems to be determined 4o force "terri-
torial adjustments" upon Israel and to compel the Jewish state
to admit a large number of Arab refugees under all circumstances
. . And it was this determination that actually broke up, tem-
porarily, the Arab-Israeli peace talks arranged in Lausanne by
the United. Nations . . . It has now come to a point where high
officials of the United Nations are practically distrustful of their
own UN Conciliation Commission which conducted the Lausanne
negotiations . . They have the feeling that each of the three
members of the Commission acted in Lausanne under instruc-
tions from his own government rather than in the spirit of the
United Nations . . . This, they believe, is true not only with re-
gard to the American member, but also with regard to the French
and Turkish members of the Commission . . . They would, there-
fore, now prefer to have a one-man UN mediator conduct the
Lausanne talks rather than the three-man Commission . . . Spe-
Herald Tribune Wins
cifically, they would like to see Dr. Ralph Bunche take over the
Golden Book Inscription job . . . Meanwhile, they are watching closely and cautiously as
to what moves the State Department will make between now
In recognition of news and and July 18, when the Lausanne talks are scheduled to resume
editorial treatment accorded . • . Important developments are in the air.
Zionist activities, the name of
Mrs. Ogden Reid, as president
of the New York Herald Trib- Israeli Notes
With American pressure on. Israel not slowing down, the pop-
une, Inc., has been inscribed in
the Golden Book of the Jewish ulation there is again living in a war-scare atmosphere . . . Char-
acteristic of the situation is the case of Col. Yigal Yadin, Army
National Fund, in Israel.
A -certificate of the Golden Chief of Operations . . . For several days Col. Yadin was seen
Book inscription, along with a traveling around in the streets of Jerusalem in a tank, instead
special illuminated citation, was of in his regular military car . . This was taken by the popu-
presented to Whitelaw Reid, lation as indication that renewal. of the war could be expected
editor of the New_ York Herald at any„ moment . . . Actually, Col. Yadin's automobile was be-
Tribune, at the 15th annual ing repaired and having no other car, the military leader had
convention of the Long Island no choice but to use a tank . . . The first clash between Israel
Zionist Region, held at Jamaica, and Great Britain, following the establishment of the Jewish state,
Queens, Long Islands, June 11 occurred this month in Tel AViv . . An Israeli taxi driver there
collided with a car of the British envoy . . . The British had the
and 12.
upper hand: the taxi was badly damaged while the other car
left the scene without a scar . . Another "war communique"
London Constable Jailed from Israel . . . This time the "war" broke out in the restaurant
of the Israeli Parliament . . . Eri. Jabotinsky, Herut member of the
For Firing Jewish Shops
Knesset, ordered a meat dish, to be followed by coffee with milk
LONDON (JTA)—Clifford Al- . . The waitress refused to serve him, reminding him that the
exander Weallans, a London restaurant is strictly kosher and that the serving of meat with
constable, who was convicted of milk is prohibited . .. He protested, and proposed before parlia-
having set fire to several Jew- ment that there be two restaurants.: a Kosher one and a "free
ish-owned shops last April, was one . . . His proposal was rejected . . The chief opponent was, a
sentenced to five years in prison. member of Mapai, the Israeli Labor Party.
.